Improvement in ironing-tables



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRONlNG-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 135,303, dated January28, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM WEGHSLER, of New York city, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ironing-Table,of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved ironing-table, showing theparts folded to gether. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showingthe ironing-board in position for use. Fig. 3 is a top view thereof; andFig. 4 is a vertical transverse section on the line 0 c, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a table which is especiallyadapted for ironing shirt-bosoms and other articles, and which, when notto be used for ironing purposes, can be folded together and used as adining or kitchen table. The invention consists in having a table with amovable ironing-board fitted to support shirt-bosoms in position forironing, which board, when not required, can be withdrawn and replacedby an extension top, whereby the table is converted into a dining orkitchen table. The invention also consists in the arrangement of minordetails of improvemen t, as hereinaftermore fully described.

In the drawing, the letter A represents the supporting-frame of thetable, and B is the.

table-top, extending over about half thelen gth of the frame A. O is anadditional section of the table-top, which constitutes an extensionthereof, as in Fig. 1, it being fastened by projecting tenons a in eyesI), that project from the under side of the top B. When the table is tobe used for ironing purposes the plate 0 is removed, and in its place aboard, D, shaped as shown in Fig. 3, to fit the bosom part of a shirt,is applied, the said board D having similar tenons a as the plate 0, tobe applied to the table-top B in manner indicated in Fig. 2. E is a bar,hinged to one side of the table so that it can be folded transverselyover the same-that is to say, over the inner end of the board D-to clampthe lower part of the shirt bosom and hold it down.

Theshirt to be ironed is stretched over the board D, whose neck portionor outer end (I enters the shirt-collar, and, after the shirt has beenproperly stretched, the bar E is folded down over it to hold it inplace, theswingin g end of the bar being, by a suitable catch, 6, lockeddown to remain stationary. A sliding frame, F, which is connected with alever, G, fitted to the frame A, carries two uprights, g g, at the outerend of the table, and can, by moving the lever G, be slid inwardly so asto carry the posts g g against the shoulder-pieces of the shirt-that isto say, against the outer end of the board D. The shirt, being thusproperly confined and placed, can be quickly and perfectlyironed andpolished, and is movable by swinging the lever G, and afterward raisingthe bar E, and then withdrawing the shirt.

At that end of the table which is opposite to the board D there is ormay be an extension board, h, for ironing other parts or arti cles thatcannot be conveniently placed on the board D. An ordinary ironing -boardmay also, if desired, be connected with this top, so it can be slid intothis table, and can be drawn out in position for use whenever desired.

When the table is not to be used for ironing purposes the bar E is swungup or out of the way, the board D detached and placed in the lower partof the frame A, where other receptacles for its tenons a may be providedlike those indicated in line with the table-top B, to complete theordinary table.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An ironing-table provided with the mov able top (3, ironing-board D,and slide F, substantially as described.

2. The bar E, applied in conjunction with the subject-matter of theforegoing clause, as and for the purposes described.

3. The lever G, combined with the sliding frame F and uprights g tooperate the same,

as specified.

ABRAHAM WEGHSLER. Witnesses: I

A. V. BRIESEN, T. B. MosnnR.

